Officials also asserted that no city tax money would flow to Arizona as a result of the one-year contract extension.

"Let me be clear on this contract," said Gina Marie Lindsay, executive director of Los Angeles World Airports. "Not only are no tax dollars going to Arizona, the headquarters of the company are not in Arizona."

Earlier this year, the council approved a city boycott of Arizona businesses to protest that state's tough new anti-illegal immigration law, which gives law enforcement new powers to verify the immigration status of people they suspect may be in the country illegally.

SuperShuttle, which provides more than $1 million a year in payments to LAWA, became caught up in the debate over the boycott when local unions complained that the company has a business office in Arizona.

At the same time they authorized the one-year extension, council members also urged LAX officials to adopt their own boycott of Arizona-based businesses. "We did not adopt this as a symbolic measure," Reyes said. "We are trying to send a message to show how sincere we are in opposition to this law."

Lindsay said her staff is determining contracts it has with Arizona firms and is preparing a boycott proposal for the Board of Airport Commissioners to consider.